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Hi Folks,

I have posted the final agenda for tomorrow here:
  http://www.w3.org/2011/tracking-protection/agenda-2013-02-11-MIT-Boston.html

This is also a test and introduction of the announce list. The goal of 
this list is to allow everyone to highlight key messages.
Only chairs and W3C are allowed to post to 
public-tracking-announce@w3.org and we will limit the postings to essential

Regards,
Matthias


  Agenda: Tracking Protection WG Meeting 11-13 Februrary, 2013

*Cambridge MA, Stata Center, Building 32 
<http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=32>, on the MIT campus*
We are meeting in the Star Conference Room, 32-D463 (room map 
<http://www.w3.org/2011/tracking-protection/mit/stata-star.png>).

The Kendall/MIT Station of the T's Red Line is a short walk away. MIT 
provides directions <http://whereis.mit.edu/directions.html> for travel.
Regarding snow, MIT maintains an emergency status information page 
<http://emergency.mit.net/emergency/>.

Self-hosted dinner on Tuesday is optional; details to follow.


  Participant Preparations

Please read the following prior to attending:

  * Current working drafts:
      o Tracking Preference Expression (DNT)
        <http://www.w3.org/2011/tracking-protection/drafts/tracking-dnt.html>
      o Cambridge "Bare Bones" draft of Tracking Compliance and Scope
        <http://www.w3.org/2011/tracking-protection/drafts/CambridgeBareBones.html>


    Slides

  * opening slides
    <http://www.w3.org/2011/tracking-protection/mit/plenary.swire.021113.pptx.pdf>
  * BVDW slides
    <http://www.w3.org/2011/tracking-protection/mit/bvdw_w3c_pseud-data_20130211.pptx.pdf>
  * ESOMAR slides
    <http://www.w3.org/2011/tracking-protection/www.w3.org/2011/tracking-protection/boston-2013/esomar-stark.pdf>
  * Felten unlinkability slides
    <http://www.w3.org/2011/tracking-protection/mit/unlinkability-felten.pdf>


    Monday, Feb 11

NOTE: All times are Eastern Daylight Time

9:00
    Room at Stata Center is open, with WiFi.
11:30
    Lunch.
12:15
    Opening Session: Includes logistics discussion for online calls.
    After general introduction, Swire will provide work plan for each of
    the approximately four or five groups. Focus on uses, including
    possible mechanisms for limiting length of time URIs are retained
    (and for what purposes).
1:30 - 3:15
    Group calls, with a moderator, scribe, and chat room planned for
    each one <http://www.w3.org/wiki/Privacy/DNT-Breakouts>. If you will
    not be attending in person, but expect to participate in the group
    calls, please email Yianni Lagos <mailto:ylagos@futureofprivacy.org>.
3:15 - 3:45
    Break
3:45 - 5:15
    Read-out from the group calls, with lessons learned and discussion
    of permitted uses, retention of URIs, and related topics. Depending
    on time, we may have fairly short prepared presentations (15
    minutes) on German tele-media law (use of pseudonyms there) and
    market research. (Actual finish time may vary between 5:00 and 5:30.)
5:15
    Adjourn to reception, in same building, with warming drinks and
    light food.


    Tuesday, Feb 12

8:30 - 9:00
    Registration and Coffee
9:00 - 10:30
    Welcome Back (Chairs)

      * Review agenda
      * Assign scribes
      * Review of W3C process (Deliverables, drafts, getting to closed,
        consensus decision process, formal objections, status
        ofremaining issues)

    De-identification materials presented by Ed Felten. Swire will
    provide work plan for each of the approximately four or five groups.
    Focus on de-identification, including the language in current text
    based on FTC test for de-identification, and cases that should be
    (or not be) considered sufficiently de-identified to meet the
    standard. Also, discuss terminology of "de-identification" vs.
    "unlinkable" or alternatives. 
10:30 - 11:00
    Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:30
    Group calls, with a moderator, scribe, and chat room planned for
    each one. If you will not be attending in person, but expect to
    participate in the group calls, please email Yianni Lagos
    <http://www.w3.org/2011/tracking-protection/ylagos@futureofprivacy.org>.

12:30 - 14:00
    Lunch
14:00 - 15:30
    Read-out from the group calls about de-identification.

    Begin discussion of other issues in compliance spec. These
    discussions are intended in part to educate the chair and other new
    participants about the lay of the land on these issues. Where
    possible, we will also assign action items to move toward closure on
    these issues.

    Current candidate lists of issues to discuss:

      * Service provider
      * Definitions of first and third parties, including intentionality
      * Geolocation
      * Definition of "tracking"
      * Others?

15:30 - 16:00
    Coffee Break
16:00 - 17:00
    Compliance -- Deidentification IV
17:00 - 17:30
    Wrap-up of Day 2


    Wednesday, Feb 13

08:30 - 9:00
    Registration and Coffee
9:00 - 09:15
    Welcome Back (Chairs)

      * Review agenda
      * Assign scribes

09:15 - 09:30
    Presentations: Working Drafts and open issues, presented by editors.
    /Tracking Preference Expression/
    Goals:

      * Review where the document currently stands and what has been
        changed since our last F2F.
      * Explain the new approach to exception and in particular the
        ability (MAY) of user agents to notify users, modify exceptions,
        and revoke exceptions in collaboration with their users.

09:30 - 10:30
    TPE Discussion of Open Issues:

      * ISSUE-151
        <https://www.w3.org/2011/tracking-protection/track/issues/151>
        User Agent Requirement: Be able to handle an exception request
        (To what extent are user agents required (SHOULD) to implement
        the exception API.)
      * ISSUE-137
        <https://www.w3.org/2011/tracking-protection/track/issues/137>
        Does hybrid tracking status need to distinguish between first
        party (1) and outsourcing service provider acting as a first
        party (s)
      * Collect remaining concerns and potential shortcomings of the
        "new" approach towards exceptions (input to ISSUE-187
        <https://www.w3.org/2011/tracking-protection/track/issues/187>
        and ISSUE-144
        <https://www.w3.org/2011/tracking-protection/track/issues/144>)
        and discuss potential mitigations.
      * ISSUE-152
        <https://www.w3.org/2011/tracking-protection/track/issues/152>
        User Agent Compliance: feedback (e.g.,notification) if a party
        claims out-of-band consent


10:30 - 11:00
    Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:00
    Further Discussions:

      * Detecting and handling content intended for 1st party use that
        is used within a 3rd party context: ISSUE-164
        <https://www.w3.org/2011/tracking-protection/track/issues/164>
      * ISSUE-161
        <https://www.w3.org/2011/tracking-protection/track/issues/161>:
        Do we need a tracking status value for partial compliance or
        rejecting DNT?

12:00 - 12:45
    Proposed resolution on the following issues where we believe
    consensus is likely:

      * ISSUE-112
        <https://www.w3.org/2011/tracking-protection/track/issues/112>
        How are sub-domains handled for site-specific exceptions?
        (Proposed solution: cookie-like rules)
      * ISSUE-167
        <https://www.w3.org/2011/tracking-protection/track/issues/167>
        Multiple site exceptions (Proposed solution: iFrames)
      * ISSUE-111
        <https://www.w3.org/2011/tracking-protection/track/issues/111>
        Signaling state/existence of site-specific exceptions (Proposed
        solution: DNT;0e signals an exception while DNT;0 signals
        general preference).

12:45 - 13:00
    Wrap-up of Day 3
13:00 - 14:00
    Lunch